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Monday, May 19, 2014

Who will Rothstein vote for in the next election?

One of South Florida’s most notorious felons, Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, is still a registered voter in Florida.
His presence on the voter
rolls was discovered by Broward civic activist Andrew Ladanowski and
confirmed Monday by Mary Cooney, director of public services at the
Broward Supervisor of Elections Office.
Rothstein is still listed as a registered voter at his tony, previous address at 30 Isla Bahia Drive in Fort Lauderdale.
He’s now at an undisclosed location because he is in a witness
protection program within the federal prison system because he supplied
authorities with information about organized crime figures. His
whereabouts have been a closely guarded secret since June 2010, when he
was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for masterminding a $1.4
billion Ponzi scheme out of his opulent law office on Fort Lauderdale's
Las Olas Boulevard.
Voting records list his mailing address as 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., in Fort Lauderdale. That’s the downtown Bank of America building where his Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm was headquartered before his scheme imploded.
He last voted in the 2008 presidential election. A registered
Republican, he voted in the 2008 state primary and in the 2008
presidential preference primary. He first registered to vote in February
1998.
His wife, Kim, is also still registe
red to vote, Cooney said.

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